Current Events - April 2007

2007-04-22 10:20:12 · 2 answers · asked by Larry 1

In the middle of a battle in Fallujah in April 2004, an M80 grenade landed a foot away from Fred Ball. The blast threw the 26-year-old Marine sergeant 10 feet into the air and sent a piece of hot shrapnel into his right temple. Once his wound was patched up, Ball insisted on rejoining his men. For the next three months, he continued to go on raids, then returned to Camp Pendleton, Calif.

But Ball was not all right. Military doctors concluded that Ball was suffering from a traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic headaches, and balance problems. Ball, who had a 3.5 grade-point average in high school, was found to have a sixth-grade-level learning capability. In January of last year, the Marine Corps found him unfit for duty but not disabled enough to receive full permanent disability retirement benefits and discharged him.

Read more of this story at..
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/070408/16va.htm

2007-04-22 09:40:58 · 8 answers · asked by R T 2

as more info is released, and as more victims speak out... I find it kinda disturbing that none of the victims seemed to fight back. Are we as American's "wussing out" this badly these days? Just seems he could have been overtook, he wasn't hulk hogan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070422/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_investigation

2007-04-22 09:33:56 · 21 answers · asked by Dylan m 3

I need this for a project so if you know Panama's position on a current conflict please help!
Ex:
does Panama support Israel or the Arabs in the Arab-Israeli conflict?
Does Panama support US or Iraq in the US and Iraq war?

helpful: source oyu got it from (jsut a website, don't need a bibliography) and why?
But the real help i need is their positions, thanks in advance!!!

2007-04-22 08:57:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it so hard for them to accept that maybe those people are disliked on an individual basis, just like the VT killer?

2007-04-22 05:33:28 · 9 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7

The Supreme Court has just said (in one of it's majority opinions on the decision to uphold the abortion ban) that women must be protected from making a bad decision.

How many women, here, are glad that 5 men on the Supreme Court are now protecting you from making a bad decision?

2007-04-22 04:49:11 · 14 answers · asked by ? 7

I had them flying over my home last year and always wondered if they ever crash....Well, I found this out to be true and not only yesterday.....What is the point of stupid air shows when so many are put at danger INCLUDING ME and my FAMILY and property!!!!!

2007-04-22 02:30:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

..running, rifle in hand , across Virginia Tech campus. Most of the other cops were fat. The grieving students were also overweight. A nation of gluttons, eating themselves into an early grave. An every day acceptable aspect of American madness.

Was it any wonder Seung-Hui felt the way he did?

2007-04-21 22:57:23 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-21 20:50:46 · 8 answers · asked by beth 1

I mean, this isn't the first time it happened in your country. Shouldn't bullying and discriminating in your country have been lessened by now? (especially among students)

Or do you deny being responsible for such incidents

(not in accusing note but rather of curiosity, why such a country as yours, a first world, has these incidents)

SCHOOLS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST AND SECURE PLACES for an INDIVIDUAL

2007-04-21 20:02:13 · 28 answers · asked by JM 2

2007-04-21 19:29:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

What were the motives for lying about how he died?
story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070421/ap_on_re_us/tillman_information_clampdown_9

2007-04-21 19:10:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

The point is for the oil companies to see just how much buying power we have. Right now, to them we are like lemmings being led wherever they want us to go. Five dollars a gallon? Okay! NP need it so i'll pay it. Gimme a break-- and u get a clue! I drive a hybrid BTW :)

2007-04-21 17:17:50 · 5 answers · asked by a_redhead1979 3

that was 32 people. in the time its taking me to write this i bet 32 people will die, do you care about them? i'm aware this is coming off as extremely callous, but how can you genuinely care about someone you've never met?

2007-04-21 16:42:31 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Entertainment Tonight just said that Cho may have been angry over being rejected by Anna Nicole Smith!!! What the heck was that about?

I didn't catch the whole thing but apparently he sent her a love letter or several letters and got a form letter in response from her publicist and he felt he deserved more.

But so what??? That doesn't amount to "rejection" like he could legitimately ask for a date and she said no.

I guess either the guy was truly nuts or ET is overstating what actually happened.

Does anybody know? Is there anybody on the west coast who can watch ET and then tell me the story?

2007-04-21 16:39:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

mass murders waco etc etc

2007-04-21 16:39:20 · 10 answers · asked by shitsueu 1

As if any one of you have never though of doing that.

2007-04-21 16:29:52 · 14 answers · asked by Spark 1

Until today I seethed with hatred for this man. The devastation is just unfathomable. But after reading about his life, even going back to his childhood, it's quite obvious that he was severely disturbed, possibly even suffering from Autism, which makes people social inept and isolated, living in their own world (which it seems he did). I think I have finally forgiven him and feel bad for him as well as the victims. What he did was atrocious, but he was sick. I now place the blame on the people that saw this (probably his parents/family) and chose to do nothing about it.

What are your feelings?

2007-04-21 16:20:50 · 17 answers · asked by suekiemama@sbcglobal.net 2

Did anyone see that the gunman from virginia tech bought empty clips off of eBay? I can't believe that . I dont think the gunmen was a victim either. He wasnt forced to go and murder 32 people on monday. I am still blown away by the whole thing. I just cant believe it did anyone else see the ebay thing?

2007-04-21 16:12:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-21 15:52:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Omg, what is up with bush? He is so stupid. He tells us we are fighting for our freedom and then all of us highschool students are told we are already free. This is so confusing!! Being a highschool student and living in a total rebublican area its reallyhard for me to talk about my liberal ways. Any ideas?

2007-04-21 15:37:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are your opinions on this obviously controversial article?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070421/ap_on_re_us/transgender_prom_king

2007-04-21 14:38:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Dont you think that is kind of funny to see that all the shooting so far had taken place to very good schools in good locations? Maybe this schools as well should be secured just like the schools in the other (mostly black people) areas? So far nothing had happened over there.

ps.. dont mean to offend anyone

2007-04-21 14:25:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please write a song or a poem about freeing child labourers, include a title.

We need you help!!

2007-04-21 14:17:36 · 6 answers · asked by bubba habba 1

i was. it was really sad to see it in person!!

2007-04-21 13:58:09 · 4 answers · asked by cllsom29945 1

I think it was sad , the guy started to shoot good people just because they were rich

2007-04-21 13:52:37 · 12 answers · asked by babykatdream099 5

Build more plants is obvious. But what is the most efficient way to do so?
DO NOT PUT INSULTS ON NUCLEAR POWER. ANSWER THE QUESTION.

2007-04-21 13:42:23 · 7 answers · asked by Nathan 3

Now that America has seen the video and pictures, we know his life wasn't all easy-breezy. So I ask this. Do you feel sorry for him? Now, this would have been a slightly different situation if the guy did his killing spree and then caught and faced all of these hurt angry people during a nasty trial, but he killed himself, wanting to end his life. Aside from the fact that he was really looney and it was hard to do something about it, do you sympethize with him? He suffered what lots of kids suffer during adolescence. Or is he just that sick an individual and he just planned this as revenge? Keep in mind that there were no connections between him and his victims, and he could have just wiped out his roommates and professors, including Nikki Giovanni. But it was just random. Just a thought.

2007-04-21 13:37:02 · 16 answers · asked by musicgirl122888 2

If more and more people seem to think that guns are the answer to their disputes...then why not at least have some rules?

2007-04-21 13:36:42 · 5 answers · asked by ? 3

2007-04-21 13:09:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous